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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11455
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14491
13 Actual Demand 11174
14 Aggregate Planning 12099
15 Air Cargo 10033
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6618
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34809
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15311
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19156
20 Assembly Line 22268
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22926
22 Average Speed of Answer 26530
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23052
24 Batch Production 38267
25 Bill Discounting 14471
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11161
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7113
28 Blanket Release 9972
29 Bonded Warehouse 10034
30 Booking Number 13728
31 Bottleneck 9464
32 Buffer Stock 59128
33 Build to Stock 12892
34 Bullwhip Effect 9542
35 Business Logistics 25572
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12533
37 Capacity Management 40366
38 Capacity Utilization 14056
39 Capital Intensive 8365
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8682
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12085
42 Certified Supplier 8943
43 Channel Effectiveness 8898
44 Co-Destiny 9258
45 Co-managed Inventory 12428
46 Co-Packers 11729
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6826
48 Computer-Based Training 7663
49 Consular Invoice 19700
50 Container Depot 10576
51 Container Freight Station 10252
52 Continuous Replenishment 19426
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12037
54 Contract Carrier 7302
55 Contract of Affreightment 11378
56 Control Charts 7930
57 Cost Flow 10230
58 Courier Service 15180
59 CPFR 8183
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11755
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44051
62 Date Code 18160
63 Days of Supply 19782
64 Dead on Arrival 9197
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7275
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8878
68 Devanning 14179
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10829
70 Dispatching 24406
71 Distributed Inventory 8319
72 Distribution Channel Management 34641
73 Distribution Metrics 9062
74 Distribution Planning 24154
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15164
76 Double Marginalization 52590
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22244
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20564
80 Echelon Inventory 26146
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38214
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49588
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7579
84 Efficient Frontier 25406
85 Engineer-to-Order 31676
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16364
87 Erlang B Formula 9314
88 ETD 8298
89 Ex Works 7808
90 Exception Rate 13437
91 Exponential smoothing 9797
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9395
94 Field Services 7719
95 Field Warehouse 10320
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8717
97 Fishbone Diagram 14567
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26952
99 Flow Through Distribution 12274
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8135
101 FOB Destination 12981
102 Forward buying 30025
103 Freight Charge 10291
104 Freight Consolidation 7494
105 Gantt Chart 8264
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11689
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29522
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12642
109 Hub 23367
110 Idle Time 8035
 
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